How to create a calming yoga or meditation room everywhere

Do you have a special space for relaxation, meditation, yoga or you time? Is there a place you would consider sacred? Do you feel present, satisfied or inspired somewhere? All over the world, sacred places such as shrines, temples, churches, synagogues, mosques, monasteries and places such as Jerusalem, Mecca, Lourdes and the Mount Sinai in Egypt are considered "holy", but what does it do?

What makes a room sacred?

The word "sacred" comes from the Latin saker, in relation to what "devoted", "consecrated", "cleaned", and for thousands of thousands, sacred rooms have been connected with a feeling of divinity and spirituality. Today, however, many of us have completely different views of what it means to be "spiritual", and we may all have a different understanding of what it feels like to step in a holy place. For some, a sacred space may simply be a place of calm in busy family life. A sacred space of yoga and meditation practice could be dedicated to others. The nice thing about creating your own sacred space is that you can choose exactly what it means for you and what exactly you want to place in it.

Why could I want a sacred space?

get used to practicing meditation, yoga or relaxation can be difficult, unless you have a certain place to do this. Most of our habits are located and are triggered by them - remember how to automatically switch on the kettle when entering the kitchen in the morning to prepare tea, or how to feel much more relaxed as soon as you enter your bedroom. Our brain makes connections to different places (so it is important that you do not take your working life into your bedroom if you want to sleep well!). to make much easier. With so much noise, hustle and bustle and distraction in the outside world, it never needed a cozy corner to settle.

How can I create a sacred space?

To create your holy space, choose a relatively quiet place; This can be a bedroom, a corner of the living room or simply a shelf in which you place a few special objects that help you achieve this feeling of serenity. Maybe you want to sing a mantra or practice a ritual like smearing with sage to change the energy of your chosen place. In the following we selected three special items that you can add to your holy space, coupled with yoga and self-care lities to practice in order to bring them to a more relaxed, busy and rejuvenated place.

1. Aery for Yogamatter Retreat Soy Wachchache candle

The latest community work has to calm, transport and inspire the strength and inspire with therapeutic scents of lemongrass, cedar and patchouli. The fragrance of cedar wood is widely used throughout the east to increase well -being, and in the practice of Shinrin Yoku or "Waldbaden" in Japan, fragrant cedar trees often line the paths that meander at special forest baths. The aery x yogamatter retreat soy wax candle is a 100% vegan candle that uses the power of aromatherapy to promote a calm and meditative state of mind, absolutely without plastic, without GMO ingredients, without paraffin and never for animals. If these must-have-cerry in a limited edition, light on dark morning or winter evenings and practice this gentle yoga flow while sitting:

• take you to a comfortable position like Sukhasana (a relaxed position in the tailor seat) or sit down with your feet if this is more convenient). You can always a. Use cork yogablock to lift the hips if they also feel restricted.
• bring your palms together in the heart center in Anjali Mudra.
• When inhaling, spread your arms up over the head
• breathe out to bring your hands back to the Anjali-Mudra, and repeat this three times to connect your movement and breath
• breathe in to raise your arms
• Turn gently to the right when exhaling and put your arms on the ground on both sides
• breathe in to swing your arms back up and breathe out to lower your arms and turn left
• return to the middle, this time put your right hand next to you on the floor and raise your left arm for a side stretch up and up
• Repeat this on the other side and move with your breath
• return to the middle and put both hands on your knees
• move through a cat-cow vertebral angle by breathing in to lift yourself through your chest and curve your spine, and exhale to gently circle the spine
Repeat
• three times, connect breath with movement
• bring your hands back to the heart center, but this time the palms put the palms flat on your chest
• imagine with the palms on your chest, as your breath is in and out through your heart room, an exercise that I call "heart-centered breathing". Feel in the inhalation energy, life and love that flow into your body, and if you exhale, send this love and energy to someone who needs it today. Repeat three times.
• end your practice by relaxing your hands in your lap in meditative Dhyana-Mudra (one palm above the other, your thumb tips touch).

2. rosewander mala pearl necklace

Mala pearls are used in many different sacred traditions, and in yoga practices, the 108 pearls are often used to repeat mantras. If you feel meditation as a challenge, mantra meditation or 'Japa', as it is sometimes called, could be the key to calming and concentration your mind. The calming fragrance of natural rosewood beads helps to calm the mind, and many believe that prayer beads like this have the healing strength to increase immunity, energy and endurance. If we consider how much stress for the health and energy of the immune system plays a role, it seems really feasible that a mantra meditation practice with Mala pearls can really help to bring spirit and body back into balance:

• Place the Mala pearls between the thumb and the middle finger edge.
• Choose a mantra or an affirmation that should serve as a meditative focus. 'om', 'peace', 'I am enough', 'I choose love', or every sentence that helps you to feel centered and calm.
• While your thumb touches a pearl, repeat the mantra silently in thoughts or loudly.
• Use your thumb to get to the next pearl and repeat the mantra again.
• A whole mala would consist of 108 chants, but can also be divided into a quarter of the mantras (27 repetitions of the mantras) or half (55 repetitions), depending on how much time they have.

3. organic cotton Zabuton

   Committed meditation practice becomes easier if you also have your own space. Yogamatters offer a large selection of meditation devices that make meditating for both beginners and for long-term meditators more convenient and more accessible than ever. Whether you are using the (link removed) , yoga meditation in everyday life by Stephen Sturgess , or if you simply concentrate on your own breathing as a meditative anchor, remember that healthy habits are often tied to a certain place, which makes it easier for us to do it every day. Put the Yogamatter's organic cotton Zabuton in its holy space to offer a soft, warm basis for its meditation practice. The Zabuton differs from a typical meditation cushion in that it has a larger surface, offers more comfort for knees and ankles and offers itself perfectly as the basis for a second pillow like that. Suitable meditation cushion made of organic cotton. The more comfortable and relaxed your body is, the more you can concentrate with this breath -based practice to calm your mind:

• sit down in a comfortable position on your Zabuton or with a slightly higher hip to support yourself on your mediation pillow.
• Either relax your hands or choose a Mudra like Tattva-Mudra, BHU-Mudra or Lotus-Mudra
• bring your consciousness into your breath
• Make sure that your breathing is relaxed or feels a little quickly
• start to slow down your breathing by inhaling up to 6, holding 6, exhaling 6 and holding again for 6 seconds
• continue breathing with this slow rhythm and keep your attention as far as possible on your breath. This exercise can help to relax the nervous system deeply by sending messages to the brain via the vagus nerve, that it is okay to let go and relax
• If your thoughts digress, just bring your focus back on your breathing
• Stay between 5-20 minutes from anywhere or as long as you want

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